Thesaurus:head

Thesaurus

head

English

Noun

Sense: part of body of an animal or human containing the brain

Detail: The part of the body of an animal or human, or representation thereof, which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

Synonyms

• bean
• beaner
• belfry
• block
• bonce
• dome
• head
• loaf
• lolly
• napper
• noodle    [⇒ thesaurus]
• noddle
• noggin
• nut    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pate
• scalp
• sconce
• skull    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• face
• eye    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ear    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mouth    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nose    [⇒ thesaurus]
• lip
• eyebrow
• eyelash
• cheek
• jaw
• chin
• skull    [⇒ thesaurus]
• brain    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• body    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• countenance    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “head” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “head” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.